Balgarianovinite.com Violinist Mario Hossen and virtuosos from Milan’s La Scala gave a charity concert at the Plovdiv Drama Theatre on Friday, performing baroque works before a capacity audience.
The annual Christmas and New Year concert “Seasons and Wonders”, organized by Holding KCM 2000, raised more than BGN 6,000 for a local school for children with special needs, CEO Rumen Tsonev said. He thanked the audience and wished them peaceful holidays and a successful 2026.
The theatre director, Suzanne Harutyunyan-Vasilevska, noted that this is the first time La Scala virtuosos have appeared in Bulgaria, while Mario Hossen has long been the face of the event. The initiative has become a standing tradition, with ticket revenues donated each year to medical or educational causes.
In the second half of the concert, Hossen highlighted his partnership with fellow Plovdiv-born violinist Evgenia Staneva, a long-standing member of the Milan ensemble. He said he was moved that both were performing together in their home city of Plovdiv, and by the fact that they had landed at Plovdiv Airport, “proof that it is part of a wider European and global family”. He wished the audience joyful and blessed holidays before continuing with the programme.
Listeners enjoyed works including The Four Seasons, variations on an aria from Rossini’s Tancredi, the “Prayer” from Rossini’s Moses in Egypt, and arias by Paganini and Vivaldi, drawing sustained applause.
Prof. Mario Hossen is an Austro-Bulgarian soloist of international acclaim. He has performed with renowned orchestras such as the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the Bruckner Orchestra Linz, the Orchestra Wiener Akademie, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Wiener Concert-Verein, the Sinfonia Varsovia, the Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, I Solisti Veneti, the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio. He plays a G.B. Guadagnini Violin (1749), loaned to him by the Austrian National Bank. He is an Honorary Member of the Amici di Paganini Association in Genoa, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to preserving and promoting Paganini’s legacy. Mario Hossen and La Scala Virtuosos Give Charity Concert in Plovdiv 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-05 22:26:29 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law
